Charlie Bambridge - 18 Caps (11 Goals)

Full Name: Edward Charles Bambridge
Born: 30th July 1858, Windsor
Died: 8th November 1935, Surrey aged 77
England Career: 1879 - 1887
Positions whilst with England: Inside Left, Outside Right, Half Back & Outside Left
Clubs (and caps) whilst with England: Swifts (18)
FA Legacy Number: 69
One of five footballing brothers, three of whom won England caps. Their father was William Samuel Bambridge who was a schoolmaster at Eton, missionary to New Zealand and most famously Royal Photographer to Queen Victoria. One of the brothers, George, was personal secretary to the Duke of Edinburgh. Known as 'Charlie Bam' he was the most capped of his siblings with eighteen. He played for Swifts, Upton Park, Clapham Rovers and Corinthian - where he was honorary secretary from 1923-32. He was appointed to the FA Committee 1883-86. He was a Lloyd's underwriter professionally.

England Career Statistics

Debut: v Scotland (FR) on 5th April 1879 aged 20 years, 8 months, 6 days
Last Cap: v Scotland (HC) on 19th March 1887 aged 28 years, 7 months, 20 days
First Goal: v Scotland (FR) on 5th April 1879 aged 20 years, 8 months, 6 days
First Captaincy: v Ireland (FR) on 18th February 1882 aged 23 years, 6 months, 19 days
Career Length: 7 years, 348 days
Starts: 18
Substitute: 0
Withdrawn: 2
Full Games: 16

England Match Statistics

Match Type
Caps
Goals
Capt
Mins

FriendlyFR
7
7
1
542
0
0

British Home ChampionshipHC
11
4
1
974
0
0

Competitive
11
4
1
974
0
0

Home, Away or Neutral
Caps
Goals
Capt
Mins

Home
9
6
1
810
0
0

Away
9
5
1
706
0
0

Match Result
Caps
Goals
Capt
Mins

Lost
6
3
0
452
0
0

Drawn
3
1
0
270
0
0

Playing Positions
Caps
Goals
Capt
Mins

Outside Left
10
3
1
900
0
0

Inside Left
6
7
0
524
0
0

Outside Right
1
1
1
90
0
0

Half Back
1
0
0
2
0
0

Total
18
11
2
1516
0
0

England Managers

Manager
Caps
Goals
Capt
Mins

England Committee
18
11
2
1516
0
0

England Team Mates (Top 10)

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16 Matches

Jimmy Forrest
9 Matches

Nevill Cobbold
7 Matches

Herby Arthur
7 Matches

Percy Melmoth Walters
6 Matches

Harry Cursham
5 Matches

Tinsley Lindley
5 Matches

Howard Vaughton
5 Matches

Arthur Melmoth Walters
5 Matches

Joe Lofthouse
5 Matches

Sources

An English Football Internationals' Who's Who by Douglas Lamming (Hutton Press 1990)
England's Who's Who by Tony Matthews (Pitch Publishing 2013)
wikitrees.com
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Match List

SCO, 2 - 3, 19th Mar 1887 (HC) Swifts, Cap: 18.
Age: 28 years, 7 months, 20 days.
WAL, 4 - 0, 26th Feb 1887 (HC) Swifts, Cap: 17.
Age: 28 years, 6 months, 27 days.
IRE, 7 - 0, 5th Feb 1887 (HC) Swifts, Cap: 16.
Age: 28 years, 6 months, 6 days.
WAL, 3 - 1, 29th Mar 1886 (HC) Swifts, Cap: 15.
Age: 27 years, 7 months, 30 days.
SCO, 1 - 1, 27th Mar 1886 (HC) Swifts, Cap: 14.
Age: 27 years, 7 months, 28 days.
SCO, 1 - 1, 21st Mar 1885 (HC) Swifts, Cap: 13.
Age: 26 years, 7 months, 22 days.
WAL, 1 - 1, 14th Mar 1885 (HC) Swifts, Cap: 12.
Age: 26 years, 7 months, 15 days.
IRE, 4 - 0, 28th Feb 1885 (HC) Swifts, Cap: 11.
Age: 26 years, 6 months, 29 days.
WAL, 4 - 0, 17th Mar 1884 (HC) Swifts, Cap: 10.
Age: 25 years, 7 months, 18 days.
SCO, 0 - 1, 15th Mar 1884 (HC) Swifts, Cap: 9.
Age: 25 years, 7 months, 16 days.
IRE, 8 - 1, 23rd Feb 1884 (HC) Swifts, Cap: 8.
Age: 25 years, 6 months, 24 days.
WAL, 5 - 0, 3rd Feb 1883 (FR) Swifts, Cap: 7.
Age: 24 years, 6 months, 4 days.
WAL, 3 - 5, 13th Mar 1882 (FR) Swifts, Cap: 6.
Age: 23 years, 7 months, 14 days.
SCO, 1 - 5, 11th Mar 1882 (FR) Swifts, Cap: 5.
Age: 23 years, 7 months, 12 days.
IRE, 13 - 0, 18th Feb 1882 (FR) Swifts, Cap: 4.
Age: 23 years, 6 months, 19 days.
SCO, 1 - 6, 12th Mar 1881 (FR) Swifts, Cap: 3.
Age: 22 years, 7 months, 13 days.
SCO, 4 - 5, 13th Mar 1880 (FR) Swifts, Cap: 2.
Age: 21 years, 7 months, 14 days.
SCO, 5 - 4, 5th Apr 1879 (FR) Swifts, Cap: 1.
Age: 20 years, 8 months, 6 days.
* Match was concluded via extra time, penalties or both.